Bampton Lectures (Columbia University)

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For the lectures at Oxford University, see Bampton Lectures.

The Bampton Lectures in America are a recurring series of lectures at Columbia University established in 1948 by a bequest of Ada Byron Bampton Tremaine and modeled on the original Bampton Lectures at the University of Oxford in England. Either a series of lectures, or single lecture, is delivered in New York during the academic year by a prominent scholar on a topic of their choosing in the areas of theology, art, science, or medicine. In accordance with the wishes of Ms. Tremaine, the lectures are delivered to a general audience and subsequently published.

Originally an annual event, only 12 lectures were delivered between 1969 and 2007, with two each for the entirety of the 1970s and the 1990s. Since 2007 the lectures have been held on a biennial basis.

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